Major cuts should be announced Monday to employees of the Société Radio-Canada and CBC. Up to 700 positions could be eliminated within the state-owned company as a result of these cuts, announced The Montreal Journal And The duty. »During the same period, spending decreased by 4.7% “due to lower programming costs and pension costs,” it said. A difficult time for the mediaThese cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada come during a slow period for several media outlets in Quebec and Canada. In the process, the government of François Legault asked Ottawa to exclude CBC/Radio-Canada from the royalties that Google will pay to Canadian media.